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Winter 2017
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Scientific method and general fun review.
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1
The dependent variable is the one we...
throw away
keep the same
change
measure
2
Fiona weighed 29 pounds when she was born. How much do adult hippos weigh?
3,000-4,000 pounds
700-1,000 pounds
100-200 pounds
6,000-10,000 pounds
3
Large blades make a whirligig fall more slowly because...
flying things need big wings.
more surface area creates more air resistance.
it creates lift that pushes the whirligig up.
less surface area creates less air resistance.
4
The new sea otter at the Oregon Zoo loves to eat shrimp. In the wild sea otters love to eat...
fish, squid and sharks.
sea urchins, abalone, crabs and mussels
they survive on mermaid kisses and ambrosia.
sea weed, kelp and sea grass.
5
An iteration is...
doing it again because it was fun
doing it again to make it better
doing it again to get more information
doing it together because two brains are better than one
6
A procedure is important in a science experiment because
it makes everyone do the right thing.
following the rules is important.
it gives you a larger range of data.
it keeps the control variables exactly the same.
7
The penguins that the sheep dogs are protecting are Little Blue Penguins. They live..
in Canada and Greenland.
in Antarctica.
in Australia, Papau New Guinea and Indonesia.
in Australia and New Zealand.
8
Hippo's favorite foods include...
grass, hay, lettuce, and pumpkins.
they survive on rainbows and fairy kisses.
fruit like apples, grapes and melons.
fish and small animals.
9
In the book support challenge you had to build something to lift up the book. This was your..
criteria
expectations
constraints
challenge
10
We use DRY MIX to remember to put the independent variable on ...
the Y axis
the X axis
the closest axis
the Z axis
11
An outlier is....
a data point that is really far away from the rest.
the largest data point from an experiment.
a kid who won't get out of bed.
data that is really spread out.
12
Before we read informational texts in science we should...
read around the text to find out what we'll read about.
ask your friend what they know about the topic.
take good Cornell notes.
read around the text to see the pretty pictures.
13
The best 6th grade science class you've ever had is...
Red Hall!
This one!
Ms. Broderick's!
14
The straight line through a graph that is as close as possible to all the data is called...
a scatter plot
a trend line
a trial line
a triumph line
15
Fiona the baby hippo was born at what zoo...
Columbus Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
The Bronx Zoo
Oregon Zoo
16
When the data is change over time you should make what kind of graph?
a bar graph
a pictogram
a line graph
a histogram
